Abstract

The existing Internet ecosystem is a result of decades of evolution.
It has managed to scale well beyond the original aspirations.
Evolution, though, highlighted a certain degree of
inadequacies that is well documented. In this position paper
we present the design considerations for a re-architected
global networking architecture which delivers dissemination
and non-dissemination objects only to consenting recipients,
reducing unwanted traffic, linking information producers with
consumers independently of the hosts involved, and connects
the digital with the physical world. We consider issues
ranging from the proposed object identifier/locator split to
security and trust as we transition towards a Network of Information
and relate our work with the emerging paradigm
of publish/subscribe architectures. We introduce the fundamental
components of a Network of Information, i.e., name
resolution, routing, storage, and search, and close this paper
with a discussion about future work.